Lazy Scholar
A recent study by Khabsa & Giles (2014)* estimated that 24% of scientific papers are freely available through Google Scholar. In some scientific disciplines, it reached as high as 50%. Thus, Google Scholar can be a first stop to check for a free full text of a paper.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
Features
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- Academic Papers
- citation-metrics
- citation-maker
- Academic
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Colby VorlandLicensing
Proprietary and Free product.Alternatives
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- English
What is Lazy Scholar?
A recent study by Khabsa & Giles (2014)* estimated that 24% of scientific papers are freely available through Google Scholar. In some scientific disciplines, it reached as high as 50%. Thus, Google Scholar can be a first stop to check for a free full text of a paper. However, it takes 7 clicks to do this manually, and checking for metrics and other info takes much more time.
Lazy Scholar automatically queries Google Scholar and other services for a freely available full text the instant you open a scientific paper. Set up library links in Google Scholar and/or your institution's EZproxy url in settings to show preformed links without leaving the page. In addition, it checks for comments on the paper in PubPeer & PubMed Commons, provides various citation metrics on the paper and journal, and one-click citation styles, including a preformed powerpoint style.